PRO-ARMENIAN ACTIVITIES OF THE GERMAN-ARMENIAN SOCIETY IN 1933-1939

Abstract

The German-Armenian Society played a great role in helping the Armenian people to
overcome the challenges during the years of the National Socialist regime in Germany. This
refers in particular to the racial identity of Armenians and Jews circulated in the German media
in 1933. This was fraught with unpredictable consequences, and the struggle against it became
the priority of the German-Armenian Society and other German friends of the Armenian
people. The struggle, which had lasted for months, finally reached its desired goal. The
German media campaign aimed at the racial identification of Armenians and Jews came to an
end. In order to avoid new falsifications, in 1934 the German-Armenian Society published the
collection of works “Armeniertum-Ariertum” on the Aryan origin of Armenians. In the
following years, from 1933 to 1939, the German-Armenian Society continued to support the
development of German-Armenian cultural ties